Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 59
कार्त्तिकेयान्वेषण-नन्दिसंवाद-वर्णनम्
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विश्वारंभस्त्वमीशश्च नासु ते संभवेत् स्थितिः । गुणानां तेजसां राशिर्यथात्मानं च योगिनः
viśvāraṃbhastvamīśaśca nāsu te saṃbhavet sthitiḥ | guṇānāṃ tejasāṃ rāśiryathātmānaṃ ca yoginaḥ
ಹೇ ಈಶ, ವಿಶ್ವಾರಂಭ ನೀನೇ; ಆದರೂ ಈ ವಿಶ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೀಮಿತವಾಗಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ನೀನು ಸರ್ವ ಗುಣ-ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನ ಸಾಂದ್ರ ರಾಶಿ—ಸಿದ್ಧ ಯೋಗಿ ಆತ್ಮವನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಅಂತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷಾತ್ಕರಿಸುವಂತೆ।
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating Shiva’s transcendence in the Kumāra-khaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic reference: universe-beginning (viśvāraṃbha) without specifying kalpa.
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva is both the cosmic source (cause of manifestation) and simultaneously beyond all limitation—realized inwardly like the Self known by a perfected yogin, pointing toward liberation (moksha) through right knowledge and devotion.
Linga-worship approaches Shiva as the supreme support of the universe while remembering that He is not confined to any form; the Saguna symbol leads the devotee to the Nirguna truth—Shiva as the limitless Lord beyond all worldly containment.
Meditation on Shiva as the indwelling Lord (ātma-dhyāna) supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and steady contemplation that Shiva is the source of all powers yet transcends all guṇas.